
Person
Gilly Coman
Acting · 1955–2010 · Liverpool, England
Biography
Gilly Coman (13 September 1955 – 13 July 2010) was an English actress, who played Aveline in the first four series of Carla Lane's sitcom Bread. She also appeared in Scully, Coronation Street, Brookside, Inspector Morse, Springhill and Emmerdale Farm and in the BBC sitcom Open All Hours. She played Marigold Lockton in the 1997 TV adaptation of the Jilly Cooper novel, The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous. Coman died of a suspected heart attack on 13 July 2010 at her mother's grave in All Saints Church's cemetery, Liverpool. She is survived by her husband, Phil, a photographer, her three sons and one daughter. She had a heart condition and was scheduled for a pacemaker operation
Known for

A Touch of Frost
Julia Ryan

Inspector Morse
Holly Trevors

Going Live!
Self

Bread
Aveline Boswell

Priest
Ellie Molloy

Children's Ward
Carol Jones

Open All Hours
Girl Who Answers Advert

Boys from the Blackstuff
D.O.E Clerk

Nature Boy
Esther

The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
Marigold Lockton
Filmography
- 2007That's What I Call TelevisionSelf
- 2000Nature BoyEsther
- 1997The Man Who Made Husbands JealousMarigold Lockton
- 1996SpringhillLiz Freeman
- 1995PriestEllie Molloy
- 1993The Higher MortalsMiss Pluckley
- 1992A Touch of FrostJulia Ryan
- 1989Children's WardCarol Jones
- 1987Going Live!Self
- 1987Inspector MorseHolly Trevors
- 1986Brick Is BeautifulElaine
- 1986BreadAveline Boswell
- 1985Long Term MemoryRobin
- 1984Give Us a Break: Hustle Bustle Toil and MusclePeggy
- 1984Angels in the AnnexeSusanna
- 1984A Private FunctionDorothy
- 1984ScullyMarie Morgan
- 1983The Gathering SeedIrene Kilbride
- 1982Boys from the BlackstuffD.O.E Clerk
- 1980And Mum Came TooSandra
- 1976Bag of YeastPartygoer (uncredited)
- 1976Open All HoursGirl Who Answers Advert
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